Coin-selector.



G. B. KOHLER.

COIN SELECTOR.

nruonxox IILED 11.29. 1910.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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G. B- KOHLER.-

COIN SELEG'PDR.

APP LJGATION FILED ABE. 29, 1910. 1,1 23,759. Patented Jan.5,1915.

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fl i tcssas G. B. KDHLBR.

COIN SELECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APILZQ. 1910.

Patented an. 5, 1915.

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G. KOHLER. COIN SELECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR-29, 1910,

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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UNITED sTAr s "PATENT omen cnonen B. KOHLER, or PHILADELPHIA,rnrmsvnvenm, As's'INoB TO THE 3. G. 33111: oomrm, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. A. CORPORATION 01 PENNSYL VANIA.

COIN-SELECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 19 15.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. KOHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Coin-Selectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in means for sorting andregisterlng coins.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in passenger cars andrailway stations, but it will be understood that it can be used .inother places without departing from the essential features of theinvention.

The object of the invention is to provide means for registering, on asingle register, coins of different denominations and to discard coinsof a certain denomination.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1, is a perspective view of myimproved coin selector; Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation on the line 22,Fig. 4; Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view on the line 3--3-, Fig.2.; Fig. 4, is atransverse sectional view on the line 4-4, Fig. 2; Fig.5, is a perspective view illustrating the slideway for the coins 1; Fig.6, is a detached perspective view of the artition plate and the tubesbroken away; ig.

- 7, is a detached perspective view of the bottom plate; Fig. 8, is aperspective view of the slide ;\Fig. 9, is a perspective view of theregister; Fig. 10, is a detached view of the register operating means;and Fig. 11, is a sectional elevation taken through certain elements ofmy invention.

The present invention is constructed to select and register five and tencent pieces and to separate and discard one cent pieces. The five andten cent pieces are registered and discharged into a tray at the back ofthe casing, which is accessible to the conductor, while the one centpieces pass through without registering and are delivered to a tray atthe front of the casing and accessible to the passenger.

A is a casing, B is a slideway mounted in the upper part of the casingand at an incline, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, and communicating withthis slideway is a fare receiver a shaped as shown. The coins will bedelivered from the receiver a to the slideway B through a throat I; andwill rest on their flat sides against the slideway.

G, C, C are three tubes in the present instance, communicating withopenings 6, b b in the back of the slideway. The central tube C leadstothe front of the box and discharges the coin into the tra a at thefront, while the coin passin t rou the tubes C, C will be registere andwill pass to the tray (1 at the back of the box. In the present instancethe tubes 0 and .C are intended for five and ten cent pieces,respectively, and the tube C for one cent pieces. In the case of coinsof other denominations being presented the conductor will make changefrom the five and ten cent pieces which have been registered and whichare removed by him from the tray a and the passenger can then place theproper coin in the receiver.

Mounted between the transverse partition E, which supports the two tubes0, O, and the bottom plate E is a slide or carrier F having two coinslots 7, f, the coin slot. f is of a size to receive a five cent piecefrom the tube C and the slot f is of a size to receive a ten cent piecefrom the tube G.

G is the operating handle pivoted at g to the side of the box and has anarm G connected by a link g to a stud f on the slide F, and as thehandle is moved the slide is reciprocated. A spring g is attached to anarm Gr of the handle G and returns it to its normal position. On the armGr is a click pawl g which engages a toothed segment g and prevents thereturn of the handle G until the full movement is made.

I is a register of the ordinary type, having a shaft 2'' on which is aratchet wheel 5.

m, m are pawl carriers mounted on the shaft, and the pawls engage theratchet wheel to move it forward.

9 is a detent pawl to prevent the ratchet wheel moving backward.

N, N are two rock shafts mountedin blocks e, e, secured to the partitionOn the shaft N is an arm n which extends through a slot in the partitionE. and through an extension of the slot f in the slide F, so as to beactuated by a coin in said slot f. A lever J is secured to the shaft Nand is connected to the pawl carrier m by a link 7), a spring 8 returnsthe lever to its original position after it has been moved to actuatethe register. On the shaft N is an arm n which also extends through a.slot in the partition E and into an extension of the coin slot f in theslide F, and secured to the shaft is a lever. J connected to the pawlcarrier m by a link p.

.9 is a spring attached to the lever J.

The slide B is arranged on an incline, as shown, the back plate Ithaving the openings 6', b 72 differing in size. The base It of theslideway at the opening 5 is cut away as shown in Fig. 3, to allow thecoin to drop through, while the other openings are so formed that thecoins tip over and into their respective chutes or tubes.

. k is a faceplate to retain the coins in i the slide.

In the present instance thefirst opening I) is for ten cent ieces. Thefive cent pieces and one cent pleces will pass the opening, but the onecent pieces will fall through the opening 6 while the five cent pieceswill pass it and will drop though the opening 6 When the apparatus isused to select other coins, then the selector and tubes will beproportioned accordingly.

'The blocks e, e are so spaced that, as the carrier F is moved, the armn will be actuated to register and eject a coin in the slot f before thecoin in the slot 7' has come in contact with the arm n as clearly shownin Figs. 2, 8 and 11. This allows the registration of the coins in thesuccessive slots in the carrier. The levers J, p are so proportioned andarranged that a coin in the slot f will effect a movement sufiicient tomove the ratchet wheel 7; two teeth. On the other hand the levers J, pare so proportioned and arrangedthat a coin in the slot 7 will effect amovement suflicient to move the ratchet one tooth. Thus it will "be seenby the aboi e construction that if a person places a ten cent piece inthe receiver a of' the coin selector it will pass down the slideway,through the tube C and will drop into the opening 7" in the slide F, andon the movement of the slide it will turn the register two notches,registering ten cents. If a five cent piece is inserted it will passthrough the tube G, into the opening 7 in the slide F and willactuatethe mechanism so as to move the register one tooth, registeringfive cents. If enn-ies are inserted they will be returned to thepassenger through the tube C The casing A is preferably madequadrangular in shape and has a glazed section w at the back, and thetubes 0 and C are preferably made of glass, so that the conductor 'orfare taker can see the coins as they pass to theslide.

In'some instances, a locked com artment may be arranged in the bottom 0plate having two openings of different diameters arranged to aline, whenin their normal position, with the lower ends of the tubes so as toreceive coins therefrom; means for reciprocating the plate so as tobring the openings in the plate in line with the openings in thepartition through which the coins are discharged; and a registeringdevice secured to the casing and having two lever mechanisms actuated bythe coins when in the openings in the plate, one lever mechanism havinga greater throw than the other so that coins of different values can beregistered.

2. The combination in a coin selector, of a casing; a transversepartition; two tubes located in the casing above the partition, eachtube terminating at a point at one side of an opening; the tubes beingof different diameters; a sliding carrier mounted on the partition andhaving two perforations; a longitudinal slot extending from eachperforation; means for reciprocating the slide; two levers mounted abovethe slide; each lever having an arm extendin into the slot in the slideso as to be actuate by a coin carried by the slide; a registeringmechanism; and means connecting the leverswith the registeringmechanism.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE B. KOHLER.

Witnesses:

WM. E. SHUPE, WM. A. BARR.

the cas-v mg for the reception of the registered coins

